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Show 4- . j WALT MASON i. t Tin: COUGHEB I go to church to hoar the pastor explain, with pious stress how we must! walk, lo dodge disaster, tho paths of i righteousness. His earnest argunientjj emind me of things I ought to do; i and then some pilgrim jusc behind nil begins to cough a fow. He coughs In Dutch and Greek and German, ho coughs In Cherokee; his coughing spoils a high class sermon, and simply maddens me. The pastor. In tho manner man-ner priestly, attempts to look resigned; but he'd fain givo that cougher bsast-j bsast-j throe good bvvlft kicks behind- I go to hear a high class singer, who has a world wldo fame; I say. "This 1 1 i vvi!l be a dinger, an I I am glad 1 came; and when she's finished I shall proffer such tribute as I can;" but Just behind mo sits tho cougher, the noisy ker-swoosh mac And when the singer trills some ballad, tho bore behind begins; he coughs his w niskers lull of waiad, and every cough twins And he'll ait there and cough and strangle, ami bark and whoop and choo, until his neighbors fain would mangle his person, P. D. Q. He makes the tears of brave men rlckle, makes women wring their hands; and cough drops only cost a nickel, und there are uinoy,, brands. |